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5 Stocks Pushing The Energy Industry Higher

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All three major indices are trading up today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average (
^DJI) trading up 59 points (0.4%) at 13,940 as of Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, 11:49 AM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,920 issues advancing vs. 903 declining with 157 unchanged.

TheStreet Ratings group would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry higher today:

5.
Tenaris (
TS) is one of the companies pushing the Energy industry higher today. As of noon trading, Tenaris is up $0.77 (1.9%) to $41.29 on heavy volume Thus far, 1.6 million shares of Tenaris exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $41.22-$42.30 after having opened the day at $42.05 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $40.52.

Tenaris S.A., through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of steel pipe products. Tenaris has a market cap of $24.0 billion and is part of the basic materials sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 36.0, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 2.9% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 3 analysts that rate Tenaris a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Tenaris as a
buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, notable return on equity, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results. Get the full
Tenaris Ratings Report now.